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Neospirifer mengjiushanensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy
Neospirifer mengjiushanensis was named by Lee and Su (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mengjiu Mountain, Wujiatun Formation, Ke'erqin Youyi Qianqi, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine horizon in the Wujiatun Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. leoncitensis, N. tewaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Neospirifer mengjiushanensis Lee and Su p. 413 figs. Pl 176, figs 13,15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familyTrigonotretidae
subfamilyNeospiriferinae
genusNeospiriferFredericks 1919
speciesmengjiushanensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Neospirifer mengjiushanensis Lee and Su 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available